I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
ANGELA DAVISBlack women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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Feminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.
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